City College of S.F. trustees lose power

State officials stripped authority from the elected Board of Trustees for City College of San Francisco on Monday and installed a “special trustee” with unilateral powers to try and save the school from losing accreditation in one year. The dramatic move by California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice Harris and the college system’s Board of Governors followed objections from faculty and a plea from City College Trustee Anita Grier to let the board remain in charge. But Harris and a unanimous Board of Governors made it clear that the trustees’ time has run out.

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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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